Interference, destruction and obstruction of traffic-control devices or railroad signs or signals, and obstruction of vision at intersections.

Reno Administrative Code § 6.06.070

in effect

Sec. 6.06.070. - Interference, destruction and obstruction of traffic-control devices or railroad signs or signals, and obstruction of vision at intersections. (a) No person shall, without lawful authority, attempt to, or in fact, alter, deface, injure, knock down or remove any traffic-control device or any railroad sign or any inscription, shield or insignia thereon, or any other part thereof. (b) It is unlawful for any person to hide or obscure any official traffic-control device, railroad signal or signals, by the erection of any object, or by allowing bushes, trees or other vegetation to grow and obscure the same. (c) It is unlawful for the property owner or occupant on all lots, regardless of zone classification, to allow any sign, fence, ornamental hedge, shrub, tree, display or any other object obstructing any part of the sidewalk, or, to allow structures, signs, hedges, shrubbery, natural growth, berms, mounds, or other obstructions not covered under subsection (d), to obstruct the stopping sight distance of motorists. (d) Clear view areas shall be established at all intersections that are not controlled by all way stop signs or traffic signals. The clear view area shall be determined by the appropriate sight distance as defined in the latest edition of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets, Chapter IX - "At Grade Intersections" and shall be provided at all intersections. Clear view areas at uncontrolled intersections where the posted speed is 25 miles per hour or less, by establishing a point at which the centerlines of the respective streets intersect and measuring from said point a distance of 110 feet along each centerline to a second point and connecting each such second point by a straight line. The area encompassed by the straight lines shall be the clear view area. It shall be unlawful to place or maintain within any clear view area any structures, signs, hedges, shrubbery, natural growth, berms, or mounds, or other obstructions to view at a height of between two and one-half and eight feet above the level of the street except for structures already in existence as of June 30, 1983. Exceptions shall be made for public utility poles, trees that are trimmed to the trunk at a height of two and one-half and eight feet above the level of the street whose trunk size does not constitute an obstruction of view, official traffic control devices, signs mounted eight feet or more above the level of the street that do not constitute an obstruction of view. (e) Every such object or vegetation, as set forth above, is hereby declared a public nuisance, and will be abated or removed in accordance with the procedure outlined in chapter 8.22. In addition, such violations listed above, shall also be subject to other lawful remedies and actions legally afforded to the City of Reno. (Ord. No. 6316, § 1, 1-29-14)

Source: City of Reno, Nevada, Administrative Code, City Charter and Annexation and Land Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nv/reno/codes/administrative_code?nodeId=PT2READCO_TIT6VETR_CH6.06RURO_S6.06.070INDEOBTRNTDERASISIOBVIINFetched: 11/1/2026